Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-30

As / have no such a great abundance of
pondence, / take the liberty of writing a
reply to your esteemed favor and printing
it where it will meet the eye of many per-
sons, no doubt, who, may contemplate ad-
dressing me on the same subject.
OF the South generally | know very lit
tie from personal observation, but you will
find throughout the South, wherever /
have been, a general tendency toward
warmer weather than you obtain in the
North.
North Carolina, as you are no doubt
aware, is generally mountainous in its geo
graphical department, and on the map
which | perused rs a student the State was
of 4 dark blue color. Greatly to my sur
prise, however, on arriving here | found
North Carolina to be red. The soil, such
as it is, has the same rseate hue of the
adult brick Of commerce, and continues in
that condition constantly.
The farms generally are not large in size,
and are divided into three ~classee, viz, the
Mansard farm, the Gothic flrm, and the
dOrmer farm. A good Gothic farm, near
town, will bring from $25 to 500 per acre,
including large wall pockets TO hold farm
ing implements ut night, so that they will
not drop out of the Gothic farm into the
dormer farm below.
lido not say that these mountain farms
are steep. | simply state that water readily
runs OFF when applied to them.
Tobacco is the great staple mere. 1t is
mostly of the smoking variety, though or
the bottom lands a very hardy dwarf plug
tobacco grows easily, and during a long sea-
son planters may readily grow the large
tropical plug tobacco.
1t is a rare sight to pass along the coun-
try road and see the navy plug tobacco Of
North Carolina rising to its full height in
the glorious autumn sun, while Though its
waving boughS, the nut-brown or seal
brown plug tobacco of trade, with its gilt
tering little tin tag near the stem, may be
readily distinguished.
Fine cut tobacco also grows here to n
great height. Everything that goes to
make life worth living may be found in the
widest profusiOn. Whisky is so plenty
here that intemperance is not a mark of
distinction.
Corn whisky, whether made beneath the
broad glare of the MONDAY sun or by the
moonlight process, is within the reach of
all. 1t is so plenty that | do not care for
it, and know that m Iowa maj could put
in a winter here that would he memorable
thrOugout his life.
You ask about the matter Of health, and
| am pleased to state that there has not
been Il circular printed or sent ont from
hore during the past ten years that did not
state in the most emphatic terms that this
is a very healthy country. People who
had enjoyed good health while here have
gone North in several instances only to
return in a deceased condition from drown
ing or some other miasmatic influence.
When | first came here ! was diSsatis-
fed. ] yearned for something ! did no
find. 1t was not scenery or climate, for
each of these were n common occurrence,
but | soon got acquainted, and in less than
two weeks | had been addressed two times
as Colonel" ! now enjoy the South very
much.
Fruits Of all kinds grow here and are
used for eating purpOsts almost exclusively.
The apple, the peach, the Hubbard squash;
the grape, the oc%tOroOn, the ounce, the
pecan, the persimmOn and the OpOSsum
grow here. Figs do not mature in this
latitude.
This is a great country for lung diseases.
People with fractional lungs come here
from every quarter of the globe. There
are so many people here with lung diseases
that a nan who is simply ~bald-headed does
not at once obtain recognition.
The water is very good for drinking pur-
poses, and | have always heard it highly
spoken of.
The weather is sometimes variable and
then again for a little while il will be very
uniform. One day you will see me play
ing lawn tennis in a jauDty suit of flannel,
which shows to great advantage my easy
movements and h%eaving chest, and on the
following day you may find me coiled
around a red hot stove, waiting till the
clouds roll by.
But it is said to he good for lung troubles,
and many people who came here years ago
to die, have been repreived and relieved.
There is no question about hat. But you
will find that the houses built here for rent
or sale are made to admit the bulk of Gods
tree air and no questions asked. IL you
want to see q robust citrate come in under
the floor and lash the carpet into angry bill
lows a foot high, come here and hire a per
fOrated house. Yours in good faith.
TnInnnl DTTT NEr